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Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings
(1) Background: The assessment of airborne particulate matter (PM) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) in battlefield scenarios is a topic of particular concern; (2) Methods: Size distribution, concentration, and chemical composition of UFPs during operative military training activities (target drone lau...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486265/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28556812 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060579 |
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author | Campagna, Marcello Pilia, Ilaria Marcias, Gabriele Frattolillo, Andrea Pili, Sergio Bernabei, Manuele d’Aloja, Ernesto Cocco, Pierluigi Buonanno, Giorgio |
author_facet | Campagna, Marcello Pilia, Ilaria Marcias, Gabriele Frattolillo, Andrea Pili, Sergio Bernabei, Manuele d’Aloja, Ernesto Cocco, Pierluigi Buonanno, Giorgio |
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description | (1) Background: The assessment of airborne particulate matter (PM) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) in battlefield scenarios is a topic of particular concern; (2) Methods: Size distribution, concentration, and chemical composition of UFPs during operative military training activities (target drone launches, ammunition blasting, and inert bomb impact) were investigated using an electric low-pressure impactor (ELPI+) and a scanning electron microscope (SEM), equipped with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS); (3) Results: The median of UFPs, measured for all sampling periods and at variable distance from sources, was between 1.02 × 10(3) and 3.75 × 10(3) particles/cm(3) for drone launches, between 3.32 × 10(3) and 15.4 × 10(3) particles/cm(3) for the ammunition blasting and from 7.9 × 10(3) to 1.3 × 10(4) particles/cm(3) for inert launches. Maximum peak concentrations, during emitting sources starting, were 75.5 × 10(6) and 17.9 × 10(6) particles/cm(3), respectively. Particles from the drone launches were predominantly composed of silicon (Si), iron (Fe) and calcium (Ca), and those from the blasting campaigns by magnesium (Mg), sulphur (S), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), barium (Ba) and silicon (Si); (4) Conclusions: The investigated sources produced UFPs with median values lower than other anthropogenic sources, and with a similar chemical composition. |
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spelling | pubmed-54862652017-06-30 Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings Campagna, Marcello Pilia, Ilaria Marcias, Gabriele Frattolillo, Andrea Pili, Sergio Bernabei, Manuele d’Aloja, Ernesto Cocco, Pierluigi Buonanno, Giorgio Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: The assessment of airborne particulate matter (PM) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) in battlefield scenarios is a topic of particular concern; (2) Methods: Size distribution, concentration, and chemical composition of UFPs during operative military training activities (target drone launches, ammunition blasting, and inert bomb impact) were investigated using an electric low-pressure impactor (ELPI+) and a scanning electron microscope (SEM), equipped with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS); (3) Results: The median of UFPs, measured for all sampling periods and at variable distance from sources, was between 1.02 × 10(3) and 3.75 × 10(3) particles/cm(3) for drone launches, between 3.32 × 10(3) and 15.4 × 10(3) particles/cm(3) for the ammunition blasting and from 7.9 × 10(3) to 1.3 × 10(4) particles/cm(3) for inert launches. Maximum peak concentrations, during emitting sources starting, were 75.5 × 10(6) and 17.9 × 10(6) particles/cm(3), respectively. Particles from the drone launches were predominantly composed of silicon (Si), iron (Fe) and calcium (Ca), and those from the blasting campaigns by magnesium (Mg), sulphur (S), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), barium (Ba) and silicon (Si); (4) Conclusions: The investigated sources produced UFPs with median values lower than other anthropogenic sources, and with a similar chemical composition. MDPI 2017-05-30 2017-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5486265/ /pubmed/28556812 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060579 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Campagna, Marcello Pilia, Ilaria Marcias, Gabriele Frattolillo, Andrea Pili, Sergio Bernabei, Manuele d’Aloja, Ernesto Cocco, Pierluigi Buonanno, Giorgio Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings |
title | Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings |
title_full | Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings |
title_fullStr | Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings |
title_full_unstemmed | Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings |
title_short | Ultrafine Particle Distribution and Chemical Composition Assessment during Military Operative Trainings |
title_sort | ultrafine particle distribution and chemical composition assessment during military operative trainings |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486265/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28556812 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060579 |
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